Australian forensic scientists, who wished to be unidentified, open a body bag to take DNA samples of a tsunami victim before sending it off for mass burial in Takuapa, about 130 km (80 miles) north of the Thai resort island of Phuket, December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history.

Australian forensic scientists, who wished to be unidentified, open a body bag to take DNA samples of a tsunami victim before sending it off for mass burial in Takuapa, about 130 km (80 miles) north of the Thai resort island of Phuket, December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history.